Ŵafilipi 2
1 Ana umi wenu nkulumbikana ni Kilisito ukuntaga machili? Ana unonyelo wao ukuntulasya? Ana nkwete umo ni Mbumu jwa Akunnungu ni kukolelana chanasa ni kukosyana jwine ni jwine?
If then I can appeal to you as the followers of Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love and any common sharing of the Spirit, or if you have any tender-heartedness and compassion, make my joy complete by being of one mind,
2 Nipele ngummenda nlugumbasye lukondwa lwangu kwa nganisyo simo ni kwa unonyelo umo ni kwa ntima umo ni nningwa umo.
united by mutual love, with harmony of feeling giving your minds to one and the same object.
3 Kasintenda chindu chachili chose kwa kukangana atamuno kwa kulikanganichila nambo nlitulusye jwine kwa jwine, jwalijose ammalanjile njakwe jwambone kumpunda nsyene.
Do nothing in a spirit of factiousness or of vainglory, but, with true humility, let every one regard the rest as being of more account than himself;
4 Mundu jwalijose akasosa kutenda indu yaikunsangalalisya nsyene nambo asose kutenda indu yaikwasangalalisya ŵandu ŵane.
each fixing his attention, not simply on his own interests, but on those of others also.
5 Nkolanje ntima uwowo waalinawo Kilisito Yesu.
Let the same disposition be in you which was in Christ Jesus.
6 Namose Kilisito ŵaliji chisau Akunnungu, nambo nganaganichisya kuti kuŵa chisau Akunnungu, chili chindu chakukamulana nacho.
Although from the beginning He had the nature of God He did not reckon His equality with God a treasure to be tightly grasped.
7 Nambo ŵalesile indu yose yaili yakwe, ŵaliji mpela jwakutumichila, ŵapagwile ni kuŵa mundu mpela ŵandu ŵane.
Nay, He stripped Himself of His glory, and took on Him the nature of a bondservant by becoming a man like other men.
8 Ŵalitulwisye ni kwajitichisya Akunnungu mpaka kwasika, elo, kwasika pa nsalaba.
And being recognized as truly human, He humbled Himself and even stooped to die; yes, to die on a cross.
9 Kwa ligongo lyo Akunnungu ŵannyakwile mwinani nnope, ŵapele liina lyekulu kugapunda meena gose,
It is in consequence of this that God has also so highly exalted Him, and has conferred on Him the Name which is supreme above every other,
10 kuti kwakuchimbichikwa kwa liina lya Che Yesu, yepanganyikwe yose yaili kwinani, ni yaili pachilambo, ni indu yaili paasi chilambo chitindiŵale paujo pao,
in order that in the Name of JESUS every knee should bow, of beings in Heaven, of those on the earth, and of those in the underworld,
11 ni mundu jwalijose asale kwa kang'wa jakwe kuti, Che Yesu Kilisito ali Ambuje kwa ukulu wa Akunnungu Atati.
and that every tongue should confess that JESUS CHRIST is LORD, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Nipele, achambusanga ŵangu ŵakunonyelwa, mpela imwatite kwitichisya moŵa gose panaliji kukwenu, chiŵe yambone mwajendelechelaga kunyitichisya pa moŵa gano pandalichile ni ŵanyamwe. Njendelechele kuipanganya yambone yaikuilana ni ukulupusyo wenu kwa kutetemela ni kwa lipamba mpaka ukulupusyo wenu pachiumalile.
Therefore, my dearly-loved friends, as I have always found you obedient, labour earnestly with fear and trembling--not merely as though I were present with you, but much more now since I am absent from you--labour earnestly, I say, to make sure of your own salvation.
13 Pakuŵa Akunnungu akupanganya masengo munkati mwenu ni kumpa ntima wakusaka ni ukombole wa kupanganya aila yakuisaka asyene.
For it is God Himself whose power creates within you the desire to do His gracious will and also brings about the accomplishment of the desire.
14 Mpanganye yaili yose panganyinyita atamuno pangakangana,
Be ever on your guard against a grudging and contentious spirit,
15 kuti mme ŵanache ŵa usyene ŵa Akunnungu ni ŵangali ni sambi, ŵankutama pasikati ja chilambo changalumbana ni chelyungasiche. Mmoneche pasikati jao nti ndondwa, syasikulanguchisya kwiunde,
so that you may always prove yourselves to be blameless and spotless--irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as heavenly lights in the world,
16 akuno nli nkamulile uchenene liloŵe lyalikwichisya umi. Mwapanganyaga yeleyo chingole chindu chakulifunila kukwenu pa lyuŵa lya kuuja kwa Kilisito, pakuŵa chichiŵe chimanyisyo chakulosya kuti, kulimbila kwangu, ni masengo gangu, nganigaŵa ga bule.
holding out to them a Message of Life. It will then be my glory on the day of Christ that I did not run my race in vain nor toil in vain.
17 Namose naulajikwaga ni miasi jangu jajitikaga kuŵa mbopesi pamo ni chikulupi chenu ni masengo genu paujo pa Akunnungu, ngusengwa ni kusangalala pamo ni ŵanyamwe wose.
Nay, even if my life is to be poured as a libation upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I rejoice, and I congratulate you all.
18 Ni ŵanyamwe iyoyo nsangalale, sooni nsangalaleje pamo ni une.
And I bid you also share my gladness, and congratulate me.
19 Nambo asakaga Ambuje Che Yesu, ngulolela kuntuma che Timoseo kukwenu pangakaŵa, kuti ngamuliswe ntima pachachimba ngani syenu.
But, if the Lord permits it, I hope before long to send Timothy to you, that I, in turn, may be cheered by getting news of you.
20 Nganingola mundu jwine jwali ni nningwa mpela wangu jutachichenjeuchila utame wenu.
For I have no one likeminded with him, who will cherish a genuine care for you.
21 Ŵandu ŵampepe akusosasosa kupoka kwao achinsyene pe, ngakuchenjeuka ni Ngani sya Che Yesu Kilisito.
Everybody concerns himself about his own interests, not about those of Jesus Christ.
22 Nkumanyilila mwachinsyene che Timoseo yatite kulosya kuti akuŵajilwa, pakuŵa ŵelewo atumichile pamo ni une nti mwanache ni atatigwe kunlalichila Ngani Jambone.
But you know Timothy's approved worth--how, like a child working with his father, he has served with me in furtherance of the Good News.
23 Ngulolela chinjintuma kukwenu chitema patinjiimanyilila itiingopochele apano.
So it is he that I hope to send as soon as ever I see how things go with me;
24 None ngwakulupilila Ambuje kuti tiiche kukunnola pangakaŵa.
but trusting, as I do, in the Lord, I believe that I shall myself also come to you before long.
25 Nambo yamajile kummusya kukwenu nlongo njetu che Epaflodito katumetume njangu pa masengo ga kujichenjela Ngani Jambone. Iyoyo ali jwantenga jwenu jumwantumile achenjeuchile yaikuusoŵa.
Yet I deem it important to send Epaphroditus to you now--he is my brother and comrade both in labour and in arms, and is your messenger who has ministered to my needs.
26 Jwelejo akunnajila kwannope kwawona ŵanyamwe wose, ŵasongoneche nnope pakuŵa mwapilikene kuti alwasileje.
I send him because he is longing to see you all and is distressed at your having heard of his illness.
27 Kusyene, alwasileje mwa kuŵandichila kuwa. Nambo Akunnungu ŵankolele chanasa, nganankolela chanasa jwelejo pe, nambo ni une jwakwe kuti ninapunde kusongoneka.
For it is true that he has been ill, and was apparently at the point of death; but God had pity on him, and not only on him, but also on me, to save me from having sorrow upon sorrow.
28 Kwayele, nguntuma kukwenu chitema pe kuti pachimwaone sooni nsangalale ni une kulilasika kwangu kumale.
I am therefore all the more eager to send him, in the hope that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have the less sorrow.
29 Nipele mumpochele kwa lukondwa lose nti nlongo njenu, nkulumbikana ni Ambuje. Mwachimbichisye ŵandu ŵaali mpela jwelejo.
Receive him therefore with heartfelt Christian joy, and hold in honour men like him;
30 Pakuŵa ŵaliji mchakogoya cha kuwa kwa liwamba lya masengo ga Kilisito. Nombewo ŵaliji mchakogoya kuti angamuchisye une apala pamwalepele mwachinsyene kungamuchisya.
because it was for the sake of Christ's work that he came so near death, hazarding, as he did, his very life in endeavouring to make good any deficiency that there might be in your gifts to me.
